Shoplifting with Lawrence
"I am attracted to commercial pop songs. I think they are the hardest to write. It's kind of easy to write an abstract…
Shoplifting with Låpsley
"Pop used to be a dirty word and now it's celebrated and inclusive... I describe myself as a pop artist, it's…
Album of the Month - January 2023
CVC Get Real CVC Recordings Your favourite new forerunners of retro rock. Revel in the funk-filled jams, sweeping Laurel Canyon harmonies and swaggering riffs of Welsh…
Coming in Hot: 2023's Best New Music
Hotly anticipated solo works, righteous returns and new classics. It's shaping up to be an exciting year of new music with releases from the…
In Profile: De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising
"De La Soul told you the nineties were going to be very different to the eighties." Bob Stanley Psychedelic, undeniably funky and underpinned by…
In Profile: Rough Trade 2022
2022 gave us one of our busiest years ever on record, indicative of the post-pandemic gig-going gold rush, the graciousness of a myriad of masterly visiting…
Staff Picks: Best of 2022
"It could have been etched into stone or written in the stars and it would still feel like it was delicately crafted just for me.…
Album of the Month - December 2022
Leftfield This Is What We Do Virgin An immense sound to fill the most cavernous of club settings, Leftfield keep their finger on the pulse returning…
Shoplifting with NNAMDÏ
"Every song is perfect. So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings? There hasn't been a better song in the past few years.…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2022 | Rough Trade UK
Take a voyage into Caribbean sound system culture, explore punk through a feminist lens or revisit the seminal skinny tie pop of the Lemonheads. It'…